For anyone who has already contacted me there is obviously no need to do this.
I think we need to make beeeerock an honorary Albertan with membership in both Alberta and BC clubs on account that he spends so much time on the Alberta forum
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Ha ha, thanks! I have yet to stumble on a BC forum thread, so Alberta is the closest thing to 'home' for me. And realistically, where I live probably has more in common with Alberta in general than to Vancouver, where most of the BC owners live.I think we need to make beeeerock an honorary Albertan with membership in both Alberta and BC clubs on account that he spends so much time on the Alberta forum
What soft economy...? Oil barely plays a part in our economy - never has! (ducks and hides) - Just kidding of course. Alberta is finally getting hit where it hurts - during the last "Global Economic Crisis" in 2007-2009 Alberta remained relatively unscathed although a little smarter because of the scare of a global meltdown. This time it's almost the opposite - the rest of North America is doing relatively well and we are so reliant on oil/gas that it is impacting us much more than the last cycle. I'm in real estate and I see prices 10-15% below last years levels where areas like Fort MacMurray are seeing double those numbers. I suspect there will be homes there selling for 1/2 what they would have last year. 2016 isn't going to be any better by the looks of things.
In speaking to Paul Carter he mentioned that most of the BC Tesla owners are on the BCEV forum (not sure the exact name) and not on TMC. May want to message him directly and get the info as they are quite active over there.
You're probably referring to the VEVA (Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association) as I recall Paul being quite active with that group. However, as the name suggests, it's not a Tesla-specific group. And I don't think there is an associated forum... it's more a site to support and advertise the association. Looking at it just now, it's had a refresh since I was last there and looks much better, but still appears to serve the same purpose - no forum link is apparent.
I don't think you want to go near chinook for the next month... Between how insanely busy that place gets around Christmas, to the boxing day (week/month) stuff it is really not a great place to try to park.
Just reviewing the paperwork to send to Tesla. Will post here as soon as. 20th might be doable to go somewhere. For the new year we should ultimately try to have an actual meeting somewhere to kick things off. Any ideas on an appropriate venue welcome.
I was there. I brought a friend who might one day be an owner. At some point all the other owners seemed to have ditched so I ended up talking to a few people about the car - one link handed out but I don't think any sales are imminent.
Yes, it was a sales event focused on showcasing Autopilot to owners who don't have it and new prospective clients. I was called by Tesla and given the choice to go or not and chose not to go to allow them to focus on buyers.
I did go for dinner before the event with @ggenge and @in2oil which was great. Fun to park among all the other Teslas in the parking garage - they have a demo "new blue" P90D - they said eventually they will have Tesla branded parking with HPWC but for now the staff is driving the cars to local hotels to recharge overnight! Some are even going to the Hyatt downtown.
